Suggested Learning Activities for Health and Personal Development

We home educated in South Australia - adapt the following to your situation by finding similar community organisations and events in your area. Our DIY home educating approach meant that I regularly brainstormed ideas and activities to present to my children. This is one such list that I included in my abovementioned guide. It's easy to create activities that are in context with our lives and are personally meaningful to our children - doing so maintains motivation and interest both for us and our children as well as meaning that we're following our own educational agenda while covering what the state or national curriculum requires.

Health and Personal Development

Safety in the Home: Design a poster about safety suitable
for non-readers.

Nutrition: Write about and illustrate a personal balanced diet and
activity program for one day/week.

Community Health and Safety: Interview carers of the young or elderly about how the
community meets the health, social and welfare needs.

Personal Development: Explore stereotyping - research advertising, then design
a series of advertisements that exploit gender, age or
culture.

Community Health and Safety: Participate in a KESAB project or similar community litter
program.

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